Place of death Intragna, Switzerland Name Jiri Sobotka | Years Team Role Footballer | |
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Full name Jiri Sobotka
also known as: Georges Sobotka Date of birth (1911-06-06)6 June 1911 Place of birth Prague, Austria-Hungary Date of death 20 May 1994(1994-05-20) (aged 82) Died May 20, 1994, Intragna, Switzerland | ||
ZM Nymburk 5. 4. 2019 - 24 (1h56m) - Jiří Sobotka, Jaroslav Štencl, Pavel Fojtík
Jiří Sobotka (6 June 1911 – 20 May 1994), a.k.a. Georges Sobotka, is a former Czechoslovak footballer, who played internationally for Czechoslovakia (23 caps, 8 goals), and participated at the 1934 FIFA World Cup when Czechoslovakia came in second.
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He played for SK Slavia Praha, Hajduk Split (winning the Banovina of Croatia first league) and FC La Chaux-de-Fonds.
During his period in Split, he played 36 league matches scoring 17 goals in the 1939-40 and 1940-41 seasons. Before arriving to Yugoslavia, he had been a player-coach in Switzerland with FC Winterthur.
After his playing career, he coached numerous clubs in Switzerland and won 6 Swiss cups. He also coached Charleroi in Belgium UE Sant Andreu in Spain, and Switzerland national team.
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